Skip to content

plaquette

tablet, small plate, booklet

noun plah-KET Rare

Origin: French 'plaque' + diminutive '-ette'

Also means

brake pad

Usage Note

Plaquette has several distinct senses: a thin commemorative or informational booklet, a small slab (e.g. a plaquette de beurre = a pat of butter), or a brake pad (plaquette de frein). In medicine, plaquettes are blood platelets. Context disambiguates readily.

Examples

"Il a changé les plaquettes de frein de sa voiture."

Natural Translation

He changed the brake pads on his car.

Free starter pack

Building your French vocabulary?

Get the 100 most common French words as a free PDF — one email, no spam.

Explore French by topic